Time is warped

Where does all the time go?  I vaguely remember some time very recently sitting in a training course thinking TGIF already, then I blinked and it is almost a work day again.  How did it happen?  Is there some kind of time warp that makes the boring days drag and the good days disappear?

Is it like some kind of pethadine when you are in labour that allows you to sleep like a log between contractions and wake enough to register that you are having a contraction before dozing off into a drug induced bliss?  A heavenly bliss were the in-between bits feel long enough to really sleep and enjoy, and the formerly painful contractions are over in the blink of an eye.

If it is, it is all backwards, the drugs are supposed to block the bad bits and extend the good.  That should mean that the painful days at work should be over in the blink of an eye, or in my case five blinks, one for every work day last week.  The good bits, the weekend spending time with the kids, catching up with friends and going to festivals, well they should last heaps longer.  At least long enough to feel as if you have had a break from work before diving back in again.

So now that Monday is almost here, I have to decide if it is a work day or not.  As I worked too many hours last week, I only have to work 4 hours this week to fill my allocated hours for the fortnight.  Do I get them over and done with tomorrow and have the remainder of the week to chill out, or do I chill out tomorrow and worry about the hours later in the week?  Who knows, I guess I will see where tomorrow takes me!

And Rest

Well after the crazy, hectic day that I anticipated I realised that I had underestimated the insanity of the day.  Despite the crazy, it has been a fun day, for the most part, if not totally exhausting to the point of running on overdrive as a result of too much fizzy drink consumed.

I was planning on a slow start to the day, as appropriate for staying in a house with no kids or pets to disturb me.  Do you think that I could sleep in?  I woke at around 6 and made myself go back to sleep.  I dozed off and on for a while, not actually gaining much in the way of restfulness so at 8 I started playing games on my phone.  I was hoping that the monotony would send me back to sleep.

Well no such luck.  My friend woke at around 9 and we sat around chatting until the noise of our stomachs rumbling became too much of an interruption.  We stopped off for a not-so-quick brunch before it was time to collect the kids.  

Pick-up number 1 was at home, pick-up number 2 was at a fete a few suburbs away.  After exploring there and the kids buying lovely ‘treasures’ for me to try and hide at a later date keep safe.  Then it wass of to fete number 2, at the other local school.  Again more ‘treasures’ were found and purchased, as well as face painting, fairy floss and sno cones!  

We barely arrived home from the fete and it was time for us to head of to the class picnic.  The picnic was great.  Most of the company was delightful, and the elements that were less than delightful to actually converse with were interesting to watch converse with other people.  The drinks were flowing and I could have easily settled in for a long and relaxing night but no – it was off to dance rehearsals.

Man-child is performing in the show and was due at rehearsals at 6.30pm.  He went early but I waited until 7.30pm to take the kids.  The insanely late start (after normal bed time) was because theyy were rehearsing the show in sequence.  Girl-child’s final dance wasn’t finished until 10.20pm.  I wasn’t fortunate enough to watch her last dance but the entire class were so exhausted and ratty that it would have been spectacularly bad ordinary amusing!

Finally it was time to pack the dance gear and snacks away and head home – hooray!  The kids were exhausted and were happy with only one bed time story before falling asleep quickly.  Now it is way past my bedtime but I am still buzzing with sugar and wishing I was asleep.  I do have to do some hours of preparation for a course I am attending on Monday, perhaps I should do it now, it is sure to send me to sleep in seconds…